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Holy Rollers

Inspired by the true story of an Israeli drug dealer who used Hasidic Jews as mules in the late ’90s, “Holy Rollers” hangs its drama on a young Hasid’s crisis of faith. It’s 1998, and Sam Gold (Eisenberg), the son of a Brooklyn fabric-store owner (a fine Mark Ivanir), seems all set for a solid if unspectacular future in his Orthodox community, with an arranged marriage and a rabbinical calling to look forward to. But setbacks and dissatisfactions begin to mount, as Sam struggles with his studies — he’s consistently outperformed by his best friend, Leon (Jason Fuchs) — and the girl’s parents nix the engagement, preferring a groom from a family of greater social standing.